BREAKING: Ted Lindsay, NHL Legend, Dies at 93

Ted Lindsay
Detroit Red Wing legend Ted Lindsay drops the puck between Chris Drury #23 of the New York Rangers and Nicklas Lidstrom #5 of the Detroit Red Wings in a game on October 18, 2008 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

The Detroit Red Wings legend and Hockey Hall of Famer, Ted Lindsay, has died at the age of 93.

Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay signs autographs prior to Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings on June 12, 2009, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Lindsay’s nickname was known as “Terrible Ted,” and Lindsay played for the Red Wings in the 1940s and 50s.

Lindsay helped the team snag four Stanley Cups.

By 1966, the legend was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was also one of the pioneers who helped form the National Hockey League Players’ Association.

Beyond sports, Lindsay took to charity, founding the Ted Lindsay Foundation, roughly two decades ago, in 2001. The goal of the foundation is to raise funds for research and programs for autism spectrum disorders, according to the site.

In 1988, one in every 2,500 children had autism. In 2012, the Center for Disease Control estimated that one in 68 American children had autism and that in England this number is higher. I regard this alarming rise in the number of children with autism as an epidemic. Because I have always believed in a good fight, in 2001, I established the non-profit Ted Lindsay Foundation with my friend John Czarnecki, whose son, Dominic, is a child with autism. We continue to raise money to fund groundbreaking research on the cause and treatment of autism.

Lindsay’s teammate with Detroit and Chicago adds, “Winning was everything with Teddy…do anything you had to, [in order to win the game]. ‘I might end up with a shiner, I might end up with a bloody nose, black eye, whatever it is, I’ll take you out any time you wanna go.”

Another of Lindsay’s Detroit teammates, Gordie Howe, said Lindsay was his protector on the hockey field, to a degree.

Bobby Hull, Lindsay’s teammate with Chicago states, “He was just a little guy [on the field], but he was tough and he could motor. No one could skate better than Ted Lindsay.”

Lindsay says in the video that he didn’t play as well with Chicago, because his heart and mind were with the Detroit Red Wings.

Even though he retired in 1960, his love for the Red Wings drew him out of retirement for the 1964-65 season, when he helped the team finish atop the league standings for the first time in eight years, the video states.

On Monday, hockey fans, Detroit, and Chicago fans worldwide bid farewell to one of NHL’s stars.